Down Under, an Australian MNC wants to establish a new subsidiary in the US and it will sell drones to U.S. customers and remit earnings back to the Australian parent. From the perspective of the parent company, the value of this project will be favorably affected if the value of the US dollar is ____ while it establishes the new subsidiary and is ____ when the subsidiary starts operations.

a. strong; strong

b. weak; weak

c. strong; weak

d. weak; strong

e. None of the above